Check-rein and post-hook



(No M el) 0 L. BARB.

UHEOK REIN AND POST HOOK. No. 327,058. Patented Sept. 29, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OEPHAS LITTLE BARD, OF SAN BUENAVENTURA, CALIFORNIA.

CHECK-REIN AND PO ST -HOOK.

V SPECIFICATION farming part of Letters Patent No. 327,058, dated September 29, 1885.

Application filed June 22, 1885. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CEPHAS L. BARD, of San Buenaventura, Ventura county, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Check-Reins and PostHooks; and Ihereby declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to the class of harness, and to certain improvements therein; and my invention consists in a check-rein attached in front to the usual headgear and at its rear end to the driving-lines at a point behind the plane of the pad and provided with a hook, and in a peculiar post on the pad through which the check-rein passes, and with which the hook on said rein engages, all of which I shall hereinafter fully explain.

The object of my invention is to enable the driver to check and uncheck the horses without having to leave the vehicle, and also to give him better control over them.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewof the main portion of my post-hook. Fig. 2 is a view of the clamp by which it is secured to the pad. Fig. 3 is a view of the complete post-hook in its position on the pad, and showing the engagement and the rear attachment of the check-rein. Fig. 4 is a view of a section of the check-rein. Fig. 5 isa view of the hook-plate. Fig. 6 is a view showing the hook-plate connected with the rein.

A is a frame, preferablyof metal, provided at its forward end with a slotted guide, 0, having a rounded base, and at its rear end with a slotted guide, 0, the aperture in which is higher than that in the front one.

From the base of the rear'guide projects backwardly the plate B, having a beveled under surface. A slotted arm, a, connects the front and rear guides, O c.

The frame A could be attached directly to the pad D; but on account of the different inclinations of the pads, which depend upon the size of the horse, and which would affect the level of the post, I prefer to secure itin a manner adapting it to be adjusted to a level, no matter what may be the inclination of the pad. I therefore have the clamp A of Fig. 2. It consists of a rectilinear frame having top lips, a, and bottom recess, c and ascrew, e As shown in Fig. 3, the clamp embraces the frame, which is pivoted in the recess a by means of a bolt, a passing through its base. A thumb screw, a passes through the lips a and the slotted top arm, a, of the frame. By operating this screw the frame may be set at the desired level.

E is the check-rein. This is attached in front to the usual head-gear, and is extended rearwar'dly and attached to the driving-lines F at any point behind the frame of the pad of the harness. It also passes through the slotted guides G c of the frame A. It is provided with a number of holes, e, as shown in Fig. 4..

In Fig. 5, t is a plate, on the rear end of which is the hook 6. It also has a tongue, 6 and'end loops, e This plate is fitted to the check-rein in the manner shown in Fig. 6. Its

end loops embrace the rein, while its tongue engages one of the holes therein, which pro vides, as is obvious, for an adjustment of the plate on the rein. I do not, however, confine myself to this method of attaching the plate and rein, for the former may be riveted to the latter or secured in other ways.

\Vhen the rein isin position-in the post, the hook e engages the beveled plate B of the frame A, as shown, which holds the horses comfortably checked. To uncheck them or relieve them, the driver pulls back on the driving-lines, thereby freeing the hookefrom its engagement. Then by elevating the lines the hook is raised above plate B, when the checkrein may slip forward. To recheck them, he pulls back on the lines until the hook c has moved back of the plane of the plate B, when he drops the hook to its engagement.

If desirable, I may place aweak flat spring, M, in the frame A, adapted to bear upon the check-rein to hold it down, and which will, however, allow it to be disengaged when operated as described.

By reason of the adj ustable or sliding feature of the hook-plate IE it will be seen that the length of the check -rein may be regulated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The checkrein E, attached in front to the head-gear and at its rear end to the driving-lines at a point behind the plane of the ICO pad, and a longitudinally-adj ustable hook on the rein for regulating its length of check, in combination with a post onthepad,with which the hook is engaged and disengaged by the action ofthe driving-lines, substantially as herein described.

2. The check-rein E, attached in front to the head-gear and at its rear end to the driving-lines at a point behind the plane of the pad, and the plate E, secured to the rein and having hook e, in combination witha post on the pad, through which the rein passes, and with which its hook e is engaged and disengaged by the action of the driving-lines,

d substantially as herein described.-

3. The check-rein E, attachcdin front to the head-gear and at its rear to the driving-lines at a point behind. the plane of the pad, said rein having the holes e,aud the plate E, having the book 6, the tongue e",engaging the holes e, and theloops e embracing the rein, in combination with a post on the pad, through which the rein passes, and with which its hook e is engaged and disengaged by the action of the drivin glin es, substantial l y as herei n described.

4. The ch eck-rein E, attached in front to the head-gear and at the rear to the driving-lines at a point behind the plane of the pad and having a hook, in combination with the frame A on the pad, having slotted guides, through which the rein passes, and a plate, B, for the engagement of the hook on said rein, substantially as herein described.

5. The check-rein E, attached in front to the head-gear, and atits rcarend to the driving-lines and having a hook, e, in combination With the frame A on the pad, having a slotted guide, 0, on its rear end, through which the rein passes,

ly-projecting plate, B, for the engagement of the hook e, substantially as herein described.

7. The check-rein E, attached in front to the head-gear and at its rear end to the drivinglines and havingahook, e, in combination with the post-hook comprising the frameA, having a slotted top arm and slotted guides through which therein passes, and a rearwardly-extending plate, B, for the engagementof the hook e, and the clamp A, secured to the pad and havinga bottom recess in which the frame A is pivoted, and top lips to which the slotted top arm of said frame is adjustabl y connected by a thumb-screw, substantially as herein described.

8. The check-rein E, attached in front to the head-gear and at its rear to the drivinglines and having a hook, e, in combination with the frame A on the pad, having guides through which the rein passes, a plate, B, engaging the hook e, and a spring, M, for hold- .ing the rein down, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CEPHAS LITTLE BABD.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. HILL, EDWIN TAGGART. 

